SPL clubs: Could do better? Or top grade?

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The absence of Rangers has taken an edge off Celtic’s players, despite their Champions League progressGraham Stuart/Action Images

Phil Gordon

Published at 12:01AM, January 7 2013

Aberdeen - 7/10

Neil Lennon’s tip to emerge from the pack and challenge Celtic. Pittodrie has
already experienced a whiff of nostalgia this season, when they hosted the
champions in a top-of-the-table encounter that drew Aberdeen’s biggest home
crowd since Bayern Munich in 2008. There is a fan base eager to turn out,
but the 2-0 defeat to Celtic that day saw Craig Brown’s side drop to fifth.

However, Pittodrie is far from the stronghold it used to be. Just three wins
out of 11 home games, compared to five victories on the road, where Brown’s
side receive great backing from